Adjustable tongue attachment for vehicle-hounds



I E. N. CHILDS, ADJUSTABLE TQNGUE'ATTACHME N APPLICATION FILED'FE' iFor? VEHICLE IHOUN'DS. 8, n, 1926. 1,377,314. Patented May-10, 192.1.

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UNITED srars ELMERN. CHILDS, or YALE, rowa T, r FEECEQ v ADJUSTABLE'roueun arracniunu'r non vnnrotn-nouuns'.

s ecification or Letters Patent.

Patented May 10, 1921.

, Application filed February 11,1920. .Serial No. 357,866.

' T oall'whomitmay concern:

Bezit known thatil, Emma NaCniLos, a

- citizen of the United States, residing at Yale,

in thecounty ofGuthrie and State of Iowa,

have invented certain new. and useful Improvements. in an AdjustableTongue Attachment for Vehicle-Hounds, of which the following is aspecification.

Thisinvention relates to new means for attaching tongues hounds, and hasiorfiits object,

and useful to wagon broadly, to

provide a frame adapted to be adjusted both longitudinally andtransversely to occupy the area between the hounds when secured to thetongue, one of the specific objects being tolprovide an at tachmentconsisting of few and simple parts so that manufacture will beeconomical and that durability may be attained, also which maybeconveniently adjusted and may be readily applied to wagon tonguesregardless of their form in cross-section.

The invention is fully described herein convergent wagon and the-novelfeatures are particularly pointed out in the appended claims,illustrated in the accompanying, drawing, wherein,- j r a Figure 1 is aplan viewof an adjustable tongue attachment embodying my invention;Fig.2 isa sideview of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the tongueattachment.

Fig. 4' is a transverse section on line 4.&

of Fig. 1.. Figs. 5 and 6, respectively are wagon tongue which may planand end views of a bracket.

- In the drawing, numeral 5 indicates a be constructed 0t any desiredmaterial and may have any desired form ,in cross-section. I provide aframe to be-mounted upon the rear end of thetongue betweenthe wagonhounds 6, said frame, preferably, being constructed of attenuated,metallic plates, so that it may have a comparatively a bolt 10, so thatit light weight but will sustain stresses ordinarily directed thereto,and consisting, in part, ofa pair of supporting-platesrespectivelyindicated at? and 8,

hounds also being and transversely of the being apertured for receivingsaid rod, said rod permitting the usualvertical swinging movements ofthe. tongue be:

tween the hounds 6.

Rigidly mounted upon with the plates 7 and 8, is an anchor-plate 14:;and at 15 are indicated a pair of links,

eachhav ng a pivotal connection for its in ner end upon the plate 14:,as indicated at 15, the outer end of each linkhaving a pivotalconnection, as indicated at 16, upon the horizontal flange a of anauxiliary hound -1 ,c 1 c. c Numerals 17 indicate brackets arranged inpairs, each pair being mounted upon the lower side of a supporting-plate7 or 8, near anoend thereof, each horizontal flange 7 of. a

bracket an'deach plate 7 and 8,, near the -re-' the tongue, tor -cwardly of the auxiliary hounds and: in line spective ends or" thelatter, being traversed by a pair of bolts 18.

Numeralslt) indicate spacing-bolts, each connected with an auxiliaryhound by a bolt 20; and it will be understood, that byrotating the nuts21 and 22 upon bolts 19, at the opposite sides of the vertical flanges 0of the brackets 17, the auxiliary hounds at required inclinations orangles tothe tongue 5, correspondingv to the inclination of the wagonhounds 6.

Numerals 23Qind1cate alining-plates, each having its outer endinterposed between the horizontal flange a of an auxiliary hound and thehead of a'spacing-bolt 19 and traversed by a bolt 20,

the inner endsof said alining-plates being disposed between the, uprightwings dot the horizontal flanges ofthe brackets 17, intermediate apairof;

bolts 18,;said plates 28 operating to maintain the horizontal flanges aof the auxiliary hounds: in alinement with the rectilinearsupporting-plates 7 and 8, the wings d in conjunction with the bolts 18tending to prevent any of said plates 23. r i

Itowill be seen that the metallicframe may be adjusted to maintain thevertical flanges e of the auxiliary hounds closely adjacent to the wagonhounds, and since the latter have inclinations which-are not uniform onall vehicles, it important that 11 may beadjusted to be disposedhorizontal swinging movements the frame, shall sustain all stressesdirected horizontally to the tongue, and thata construction for thispurpose ments both longltudinallyand transversely of the tongue.

In operation, after the tongue-rod has may i have. ustv hounds 6,- and,rected to the auxiliary hounds.

eto be f -2.glne a tongue i hounds, 313211! of g tal' flange withuprightwings and connectand wagon tongue and apertures of the verticalflanges eof the auxiliary hounds-111,

the plates? and 8 nally] ofthetongue, and adjustments are thenmade ofthe remaining parts as de- On account of the curate adjustments may I bemade forthe -1 auxiliary hounds to 'dis'po'se them parallel With andclosely adjacent" to the wagon threaded ends of these boltsare below andgreat advantage insustaining stresses di- It will be I understood-thatby use of the pairs ofbolts I 18, the 'alining-plates 23 are pressedbetween the horizontal flanges of the brackets and supporting-plates dalso engaging the under sides of the suppo1'ting platesat thelongitudinal edges of said'plates 23, these'partseaidingin re- 25'sisting the stresses ,inentloned, and aiding in maintaining thealinement mentioned.

' WVhile I have described construction in detail, I donot wish to.beunderstood' as limitingmyselftoexactness inthis respect, and changes:1n form,,s1ze, proportion and made within the scope;

m inordetails may be J u of the invention as, determined by the ap- V I"pended claims.

I claim Y 1-. In "-a' tongue "attachment for vehicle hounds, ,a. pair ofsupporting-platesadapted V V of the tongue be adjusted longitudinallythereof, a f

a hori- 4o zontal Lflange connected with "a supporting plate anddisposed transversely and to plurality of'brackets each having providedwith an apertured, verflange, snacing bolts each having a near '1'threadedpart engaging in avertical flange ofa bracket and projectingoutwardly'of 4 5 anendof asuoporting-plate, a pair of aux- Z;iliaryhounds outwardly of the sides ofthe tongue and ,connectedwiththeispacingbolts, and revoluble members on the thread ed. partsofithefspacing-b lt f moving the latter and said auxiliaryfhoundstransvers'elyof the tongue. ,e i attachment foruvehicle ed to bedisposedtransversely of the tongue ed with a supporting-plate and havingan apertured,

vertical flang'e of a bracket and auxiliary hounds are adjustedlongitudi- I hounds,

since the mounting of the 7'and 8, the upright wings causea movement ofthe supporting-plates adapt-fl longitudinallythereof, a

vertical flange, a plurality of i "p o spacing-bolts each havingathreaded part eng g g'a V v--projecting"outwardlyof an end of asupporting plate, a pair of V connected With the spacing-bolts, apluraleityof aliningsplates each being connected with an auxiliary houndand disposed be tween the "upright ings ofthe horizontal flange of abracket, and revoluble members onthe threaded parts of the spacing-boltsT for moving the latter and said auxiliary :scribcd and for the purposesmentioned.- use of the bolts 19, ac

hounds transverselyof the tongue.

upon and disposed transversely of the tongue, a pair of auxiliaryhounds, brackets at opposed sides'of the *tongueeach being mounted uponand having an apertured somewhat remote from the rectilinear sup- 5porting plates 7 and 8, said bolts operate to flange projectingdownwardly from -a supporting-plate, a plurality of spacing-boltsconnected with the auxiliary hounds each engaging in an aperture of aflange of a In a tongue attachment for vehicle a pair ofsupporting-plates mounted bracket, and'means engaging the flanges of thebrackets for tudinally of the supporting-plates toacausc a movement ofthe auxiliary hounds;

' 4:111 a tongue attachment for vehicle hounds, a pair oi"supportingplates mountv ed upon and disposed transversely of the hounds, bracketsat-oppos te s des of the tongue each be-' tongue, a pail-of auxiliary mgmounted upon and having a flange dismovin said bolts lon iposedtransversely of a supporting-plate, a f

plurality of spacing-bolts connected with the auxiliary hounds eachengagingone of" said transversely disposed flanges, means engaging thetransversely disposed flanges for moving sald bolts longitudinally ofthe supporting-plates to cause movements of the auxiliary hounds, and :apluralityof alining pla'tes eachbeing' connectedwith an auxiliary houndand a supporting-plate.

' 5; In .a tongue attachment; for vehicle hounds, supporting-platesadapted to be disposed transversely of the tongue and'tobe adjustedlongitudinally thereof, a pair of auxiliary hounds, of thetongue eachbeing mounted upon the brackets at opposite side'sv lower side'al ldhaving an apertured flange disposed transversely of asupporting-plate,spacing-bolts connected with the auxiliary hounds each engaging in anaperture of the flange of a bracket, means "engaging the anges of thebrackets for moving said bolts of the supportlng -plates to auxiliary.hounds;

longitudinally a plurality ofalining-plates eachbeingcon nected withanauxiliary hound engaging'av supportingepl'ate, each bracket being pro-.vided with a pair of upstanding 'wings for engagement with an,alining-plate and a supporting-plate.

In testimony whereo f'l have aflixed, my

signature in presenceof two witnesses.

e ELMER ncinLns Witnesses: D. RUNDBERG,

R; CAsLoW.

